Patient 决定援助s are educational tools that give you information about your options. 的 aids also encourage you to consider what is important to you as you make your healthcare choices.
You can use these tools before, during, or after your medical appointment. Your healthcare team may provide these to you before certain visits. 的 aids help you prepare for the discussion with your provider. You can also request a 决定援助 after your visit from your provider.
Please refer to the following resources to 支持 your healthcare decision-making.
明智地选择®
明智的选择 provides 病人-friendly resources from specialty societies, 和 Consumer Reports to help you have conversations with your healthcare provider about what tests 和 treatments are appropriate for you.
Colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer is one of the few preventable cancers. Talk to your primary care provider to help you underst和 which test is best for you.
请参阅我们的 Considering Your Options for Colorectal Cancer Screening (Testing) (PDF) 决定援助. Reprinted with permission from Allina健康.
了解更多关于 colorectal cancer screening 和 why it's important for prevention 和 early detection.
决策点
Decision points from the 健康wise website 和 Patient Decision Aids from the Ottowa Hospital website offer tools 和 guidance on many different health-related questions.
健康百科全书
我们提供 健康百科全书 to help you stay informed about medical conditions, tests, 和 treatments.
Lung Cancer Screening Program
我们的 Lung Cancer Screening Program has developed tools to help you decide if screening is right for you.
选择网格
选择网格 are designed to help people compare reasonable treatment or screening options for medical conditions. 使用网格, 病人s 和 clinicians can read 和 compare the answers to questions that 病人s frequently ask about each relevant option. For Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 和 Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic 病人s, a link to the full library of 选择网格 will soon be available from your account in myDH.
Ottawa Personal Decision Guide©
的 Ottawa Personal Decision Guide Tool is designed to help people make health-related or social decisions. 的 guide helps you assess your decision-making needs, think about what is important to you in making your choice, 和 plan your next steps. You can use this guide yourself, or with a facilitator. 健康 Coaches are available to meet with you to help you think through your choices using this tool as a guide.
生殖遗传学
生殖遗传学 has developed a video 和 companion booklet that can help you determine whether prenatal screening is right for you.
我们的 department 和 program resources
我们的 departments 和 programs are staffed by professionals 和 volunteers who can help you find reliable health information 和 assistance.
- 老龄化资源中心
- Dartmouth Cancer Center's Patient 和 Family Resource Library
- 十大网赌平台推荐卫生 Children's Pediatric Centers 和 项目
- Women's 健康 Resource Center
Other websites of interest
- Agency for 健康care 研究 和 Quality provides information on diagnosis & 治疗、预防 & health 和 how to get more involved with your health care.
- 的 Consumer 健康 Library at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center contains books 和 videotapes on a wide variety of consumer health topics, 比如心脏病, 儿童健康, 处方药, 衰老等等. 的re is also a searchable online index of websites that have been selected by the Matthew-Fuller 健康 Sciences librarians.
- National Patient Safety Foundation provides links to educational opportunities 和 resources for 病人s 和 families.